USA presented a panel called “Decoding Season_2.0 With the Women of Mr. Robot” for the Television Critics Association, featuring stars Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Grace Gummer, and Stephanie Corneliussen. Creator and showrunner Sam Esmail was busy editing the show, so representing the behind the scenes of the show was Dawn Olmstead, Executive Vice President, Development, Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios.

We had the chance to meet with Olmstead after the Mr. Robot panel. As EVP of Development, Olmstead took the show to pilot and series and she’s also developed UCP’s current and upcoming slate of shows including 12 Monkeys, Shooter, Falling Water, and recently announced series based on Neil Gaiman’s Interworld, Dark Horse Comics’ Umbrella Academy, Boom Studio’s The Woods and Top Cow’s Bushido. Olmstead took us inside Mr. Robot and how UCP develops series for cable. Read More »